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Historical Event on 8/17/1992
20 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1982 | 9th Asian Games started in Delhi. |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 4/12/1873 | Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 4/1/1920 | S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi. |
| 12/1/1999 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol |
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